Evolution of Lake Chad Basin hydrology during the mid-Holocene: A preliminary approach from lake to climate modelling

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 41-48

  Sepulchre, Pierre ^a   Schuster, Mathieu ^b   Ramstein, Gilles ^a   Krinnezr, Gerhard ^c   Girard, Jean Francois ^d   Vignaud, Patrick ^e   Brunet, Michel ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Institut International de Paléoprimatologie   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GLACIOLOGIE ET GÉOPHYSIQUE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d BRGM   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

African paleoclimate; Chad; Holocene; hydrology; modelling; paleoenvironments

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; HOLOCENE; HOMINID; HYDROLOGY; MIOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

AFRICA; LAKE CHAD; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS; HOMINIDAE; SAHELANTHROPUS TCHADENSIS;

EID: 40749151793     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.08.010     Document Type: Article

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